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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE LABORATORIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,130,870
Total expenses
$4,111,798
Contributions and grants received
$70,001
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,053,004
Investment income
$798
Other revenue
$7,067
Total assets, end of year
$20,324,135
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,989,623
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,334,512
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,895,326
Management and general expenses
$216,472
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,895,326

Program services were 94.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $66,668

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,333

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $4,043,358 · related or exempt $3,994,758 · unrelated business $48,600

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MAILBOX RENTALS

    total $6,600 · related or exempt $6,600

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FORFEITED DEPOSITS

    total $3,046 · related or exempt $3,046

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $798 · excluded $798

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $7,067 · excluded $7,067

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,067

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,479 · program services $48,359 · management and general $16,120

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,933 · program services $3,700 · management and general $1,233

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $151,542 · management and general $151,542

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,619 · program services $1,396 · management and general $3,223

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $65,994 · program services $30,000 · management and general $35,994

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $622 · management and general $622

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $286,283 · program services $286,283

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49,010 · program services $49,010

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,111 · program services $44,111

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,571 · program services $12,571

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,062,106 · program services $1,062,106

  • 20 · Interest

    total $795,412 · program services $795,412

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $870,807 · program services $870,807

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $66,604 · program services $58,866 · management and general $7,738

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $526,557 · program services $526,557

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $97,735 · program services $97,735

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $8,413 · program services $8,413

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $470,401 · end of year $587,733

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $554,659 · end of year $746,315

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $91,964 · end of year $62,725

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $10,619 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $164,717 · end of year $126,797

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $32,069,319

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $13,721,301

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,967,886 · end of year $18,348,018

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $406,197 · end of year $452,547

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $124,800 · end of year $139,015

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $113,714 · end of year $33,602

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $14,969,680 · end of year $14,685,040

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $142,809 · end of year $1,131,966

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,315,440 · end of year $4,334,512

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE LABORATORIES IS TO SUPPORT EARLY-STAGE VENTURES IN LIFE SCIENCES TO GROWTH AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS THROUGH CONNECTIONS, SERVICES, AND WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY FACILITIES IN MINNESOTA'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.UNIVERSITY ENTRPRISE LABORATORIES (UEL) IS ORGANIZED FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. IT SERVES AS A LABORATORY-BASED INCUBATOR FOR EMERGING LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY FACILITIES, SHARED EQUIPMENT, BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING, A COMMUNITY OF STARTUPS, AND COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCHERS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS STUDENT WORK EXPERIENCE THROUGH INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. IT IS ORGANIZED AND WILL CONTINUE TOBE OPERATED TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, AND AID SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP; PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND AID IN THE MUTUAL TRANSFER AND APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGICALADVANCEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN COLLABORATION WITH EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT.

  • SERVES AS A LABORATORY-BASED INCUBATOR FOR EMERGING LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS LABORATORY FACILITIES, SHARED EQUIPMENT, BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING, A COMMUNITY OF STARTUPS, AND COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCHERS.

    Expenses $3,895,326 · Revenue $4,004,404

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Berthelsen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TERM. 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $58,908
    From this org
    $58,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brad Larmie

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,977
    From this org
    $8,977
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andy Lafrence

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Nelson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Moglika

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gietl

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Holloman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Mertens

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Guild

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Elde

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Kelley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Herron-Olson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Jaskulke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Mascia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Tune

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • UEL REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC

    LAB RENTAL TO EMERGING LIFE SCIENCE COMPANIES · MN · income $4,060,847 · assets $20,406,906

    Directly controlled by UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE LABORATORIES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432849349301873

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